57424 Caelumnoctu
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57424 Caelumnoctu is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 2001 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro, New Mexico
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It was named Caelumnoctu (Latin for The Sky at Night
) in honour of the BBC
television program which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007. The number 57424 refers to the date of the first broadcast, 24 April 1957.*http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=57424
Socorro, New Mexico
Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It stands in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of . The population was 9,051 at the 2010 census...
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It was named Caelumnoctu (Latin for The Sky at Night
The Sky at Night
The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show has had the same permanent presenter, Sir Patrick Moore, from its first airing on 24 April 1957, making it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history.The...
) in honour of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television program which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007. The number 57424 refers to the date of the first broadcast, 24 April 1957.*http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=57424